Leo of Tripoli
Leo was born in or near Attaleia, the capital of the maritime Cibyrrhaeot Theme
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Arabic name was Rašīq al-Wardāmī (رشيق الوردامي),
He is more commonly known in Arab sources by his sobriquet, Ġulām Zurāfa, that means "servant of Zurafa".
Zurafa is evidently the name of his first Muslim master.
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Leo was captured in an Arab raid.
then:
He converted to Islam
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Then:
He worked in Islamic Navy.
He gained considerable maritime experience.
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31-7-904
Leo sacked Antâliya, the great Byzantine city of Thessalonica, freeing 4,000 Muslim prisoners while capturing 60 ships; and gaining a large loot and 22,000 captives (mostly young people), an event ostensibly recorded by John Kaminiates.
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907
gathering a fleet from Tarsus and Laodicea, he sailed up the Dardanelles and threatened the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople.
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May 912
Leo and his fellow apostate Damian of Tarsus defeated Himerios, the logothete of the Drome, in retaliation for an attack on some Cypriot Arabs.
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923
the imperial navy under the patrikios John Rhadenos defeated Leo's fleet off Lemnos.
Leo disappears after this event, possibly implying that he was killed during the battle.
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مرادفات:
(Arabic: رشيق الوردامي Rašīq al-Wardāmī )=( Arabic: غلام زرافةĠulām Zurāfa ) = Leo of Tripoli = (Greek: Λέων ὸ Τριπολίτης) =